Working Together
Therapy offers a place to slow down, become curious about your experience, and explore what may be happening beneath the surface of the difficulties you are facing. Existential psychotherapy addresses difficulties, by focusing on our individual experiences, avoiding generalised labels and challenging socially constructed ‘norms,’ helping us gain a deeper understanding of ourselves. It is built around a non-judgemental therapeutic relationship that enables you to explore your way of being in the world, and make choices that resonate with your unique expression of self. Existential psychotherapy is concerned with the fundamental questions of being human: who we are, how we relate to others, what gives our lives meaning, and how we navigate; freedom, choice, responsibility, uncertainty, change, loss, and belonging. I am interested in helping clients explore these questions in ways that are relevant to their particular lives and circumstances.
My approach is client-led, collaborative, and grounded in our therapeutic relationship. Together, we will explore what’s important to you, helping you to develop a deeper understanding of yourself, navigate difficult life situations, and find an increased sense of purpose to generate possibilities for living more freely. Our body is our first home - during therapy, I will invite you to centre your body, paying attention not only to your thoughts and words, but the ways your experiences can be sensed, held and expressed physically, allowing multiple aspects of self to inform your understanding.
No person or approach is neutral - my practice is rooted in intersectional feminism and social justice, which recognises that our experiences are shaped not only by individual psychology, but also by culture, power, inequality and social structures. I acknowledge the reality of these constraints, whilst holding possibility for personal agency and freedom within them.
Areas of Interest
burnout
finding purpose
body dysmorphia
race & identity
relating to others
addiction
PMDD & menopause
neuro-diversity
parenting
blended families
anxiety & depression
loss of meaning
disordered eating
gender & sexuality
living between cultures
confidence
chronic pain
self-expression
boarding school survivors
diverse relationships
LGBTQIA+
I am a trans-affirmative and LGBTQIA+ affirmative therapist. I offer a warm, thoughtful and non-judgemental space to explore questions of gender expression, sexuality, and relationship styles with curiosity and openness.
Navigating queerness within the complex web of cultural, familial, and societal expectations of normativity, can be both challenging and nuanced. I am mindful that not everyone has the safety, desire, or privilege to ‘come out,’ or to live openly within diverse relationships. Each person’s journey is deeply personal, and there is no single way to understand or express identity.
Existential psychotherapy can support the exploration of one’s identity, self-acceptance, and personal meaning without imposing predefined outcomes. It allows us to understand what authenticity might mean for you, while recognising the realities and constraints of your circumstances. Together, we can explore how you might navigate relationships, choices, and possibilities in ways that feel meaningful to you, while embracing the fluidity and diversity of queer experience.
RELATIONSHIPS
Intimate relationships can offer connection, intimacy, growth, and belonging, while also bringing challenges that can be difficult to navigate alone. Whether you’re seeking more meaningful connection, wanting to deepen intimacy and understanding within existing relationships, or considering changing the formation of an intimate relationship - therapy can help.
My relationship training includes Opening-Up with Niki D and Alex Sanderson-Shortt and their O&P lens. Their 7 stage, and freedom model offer a helpful framework for navigating difficult emotions such as jealousy, or fear of conflict; it is ideal to help partners hear and understand each other. Whether you’re imagining opening-up your relationship, already navigating the complexities and joys of an open or polyamorous relationship, or in a monogamous relationship, therapy can help you explore, communicate, and affirm your relational needs. Together, we can recognise and unpack any mono-normative assumptions that might be holding you back from building sustainable relationships that reflect your unique expression, values, and desires.
All relationship styles are welcome.
BLACK & POC
As a Black woman navigating the world in a dual heritage body with a complex intertwining ancestral lineage, I have viscerally experienced what it means to live between cultures: being both, being neither, at times belonging, and at times being ‘other’. Having lived in this body within White, Arab, and Caribbean cultures has deeply sensitised me to the ways in which culture impacts our experiences and to the additional layers of intersectionality that shape our lives.
Cultural backgrounds shape identities, relationships, and personal autonomy. For some folk, balancing cultural and familial expectations with personal wellbeing can feel paradoxical. Whilst these external pressures may conflict with our individual desires and aspirations, they can also be an integral and meaningful part of who we are.
Existential psychotherapy provides space to explore these cultural tensions and complexities without reducing them to a single answer or way of being. It can support self-expression and a sense of agency while respecting the cultural values, traditions, and relationships that are important to us.